With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped ...

Bison—also known as buffalo—once ambled across North American prairies in enormous herds, with their full population reaching the tens of millions. Indigenous peoples across the continent relied on ...

-- The proper Latin name for the North American animal is Bison bison. The National Bison Association's theory of how the animals became known as buffalo is that early French explorers saw in the ...

Scientists from Washington and Lee University, the National Park Service and the University of Wyoming have published research in Science shedding new light on the value of bison recovery efforts in ...

The animal appeared to stumble into the Grand Prismatic Spring near Old Faithful on June 21 Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 and ...

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--The heaviest land mammal in North America, weighing 900 to 2,200 pounds. --With large heads and curving horns, bison have a shaggy coat of brown hair on their shoulders and legs, with shorter, finer ...